It seems like a lifetime ago that The Orchid orientation video was first shown to audiences at Comic Con. Since then, theories have floated around the web, time travel, course correction, etc. I'm going to add another one.
I think we've all figured out by now that the Island is a rather volatile place to be. Rather than sitting innocently in the ocean as most islands are, this one seems to require a lot of different man made factors to hold it in place.
The Swan, the electromagnetic station. When it was blown up Darlton have confirmed that it was visible for a moment, which was enough time for the Portuguese people at the North Pole to pick it up. So it would appear that the Swan was hiding the island, keeping it still under the protective cloak. Before the Swan imploded, people could come to and from the island, and I would guess that this had something to do with the Swan, maybe it weakened certain areas of this shield so that people could come in and out, or moved the island a little so that people could come in and out. The latter is unlikely though as I'm thinking Desmond might have noticed.
Then, when the Swan imploded, after it was visible for a second, it reverted to some kind of backup state. And suddenly, there is a freighter preparing its mission to the island.
So I propose that the Swan was the station to hold the island in space.
But what about time? Time travel is a big part of Lost, ever since Flashes Before Your Eyes. The Orchid orientation video shows a bunny that appears to jump through time, (and a voice that sounds incredibly like Locke saying "They told me to keep the camera running"), and a lot of very worried scientists talking about "shifts".
Now I don't mean to be funny, but "shift" is just another word for "move". Ok, veering off track here into another theory that has already been suggested. Yes, I think they will be moving the island through time, rather than through space.
The island is held in a very delicate state of balance in time, which its residents haven't helped with much. My theory is that while the Orchid pins the island vaguely in place in terms of the rest of the world, it is like a small boat held by an anchor that is slowly moving along the ocean floor. While it has something holding it in place, there is room for it to move around slightly on its chain. Which is why in The Economist the island appears to be 31 minutes behind the freighter when Regina and Daniel conduct their little experiment, but in The Shape of Things To Come/Cabin Fever, the island is about half a day ahead of the Freighter. Not a fixed location in time. A better metaphor would be a balloon attached to a bicycle on a windy day. It flaps around everywhere, not just in line with the bike.
Whatever, I think they've left it a bit late now, Keamy and his men are already back at the island. Though if they were to skip the island forward in time rather than physically moving it in space, that would explain some of the outstanding mysteries.
The writers have said for a long time now that they knew Malcolm David Kelley was going to grow faster than the show, and had prepared for it. So by moving the island forward in time, Walt in the real world has to grow up a bit. Tah daa, problem sorted.
But how will this affect the rest of the Lost world? Well, there's only so much I can write about in one sitting. Answers on a postcard please.
Theory by xylophonefairy
I think we've all figured out by now that the Island is a rather volatile place to be. Rather than sitting innocently in the ocean as most islands are, this one seems to require a lot of different man made factors to hold it in place.
The Swan, the electromagnetic station. When it was blown up Darlton have confirmed that it was visible for a moment, which was enough time for the Portuguese people at the North Pole to pick it up. So it would appear that the Swan was hiding the island, keeping it still under the protective cloak. Before the Swan imploded, people could come to and from the island, and I would guess that this had something to do with the Swan, maybe it weakened certain areas of this shield so that people could come in and out, or moved the island a little so that people could come in and out. The latter is unlikely though as I'm thinking Desmond might have noticed.
Then, when the Swan imploded, after it was visible for a second, it reverted to some kind of backup state. And suddenly, there is a freighter preparing its mission to the island.
So I propose that the Swan was the station to hold the island in space.
But what about time? Time travel is a big part of Lost, ever since Flashes Before Your Eyes. The Orchid orientation video shows a bunny that appears to jump through time, (and a voice that sounds incredibly like Locke saying "They told me to keep the camera running"), and a lot of very worried scientists talking about "shifts".
Now I don't mean to be funny, but "shift" is just another word for "move". Ok, veering off track here into another theory that has already been suggested. Yes, I think they will be moving the island through time, rather than through space.
The island is held in a very delicate state of balance in time, which its residents haven't helped with much. My theory is that while the Orchid pins the island vaguely in place in terms of the rest of the world, it is like a small boat held by an anchor that is slowly moving along the ocean floor. While it has something holding it in place, there is room for it to move around slightly on its chain. Which is why in The Economist the island appears to be 31 minutes behind the freighter when Regina and Daniel conduct their little experiment, but in The Shape of Things To Come/Cabin Fever, the island is about half a day ahead of the Freighter. Not a fixed location in time. A better metaphor would be a balloon attached to a bicycle on a windy day. It flaps around everywhere, not just in line with the bike.
Whatever, I think they've left it a bit late now, Keamy and his men are already back at the island. Though if they were to skip the island forward in time rather than physically moving it in space, that would explain some of the outstanding mysteries.
The writers have said for a long time now that they knew Malcolm David Kelley was going to grow faster than the show, and had prepared for it. So by moving the island forward in time, Walt in the real world has to grow up a bit. Tah daa, problem sorted.
But how will this affect the rest of the Lost world? Well, there's only so much I can write about in one sitting. Answers on a postcard please.
Theory by xylophonefairy
